Stevie Ray Vaughan, the guitarist who has had the greatest influence on me as a player, died 21 years ago today on August 27, 1990. Basically, everything changed for the very young version of me the first time I saw him play. It was March 1984 at Kean College in Union, New Jersey. After that night, I tore up, stomped on and burned the book about what I thought being a blues guitarist was all about.